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The manufacture, sale or the transportation of intoxicating liquors was prohibited. (1920-1933)

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People who smuggled alcohol into the speakeasies.

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In 1917 the 18th Amendment was drafted and ratified in 1920.

But after the first world war the demand for alcohol quickly increased.
-> Bootleggers and Speakeasies began to multiply by hundreds

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The anti-saloon-league claimed that banning alcohol would eliminate poverty and social problems such as immoral behavior and violence

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Hidden or underground bars, pubs or clubs were you could get alcolhol during the alcolprohibition 1920-1933. A secret handshake, passwort or knock was required to enter. You have to be quit so the passer-bys would not notice (-> name „speak easy“).
Speakeasies were so popular because the illegal teased the peole.
They were operated by organized criminal gangs
-> member growth

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at one time there were over 100,000 speakeasies in New York City and surrounding

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bootleggers as they put liqour into the channelization  to smuggle it into the speakeasies

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drunk people who make fun of the amendment

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beer & wine were the commen drinks before the prohibition
–> after it became liqour and cocktails because they were easier to transport

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-before the 18th Amendment women drank very little
-but when women became the right to vote (six months after) they „loosened up“ and enjoyed their freedom
-from now on they drank cocktails and liquor, smoked cigarettes and danced through the speakeasies

-> the jazz era was born